Exxonmobil Chemical Patents Inc.

Exxon Chemical Patents, Inc.

Dirk J Permentier

Stefan B Ohlsson

Achiel Jos Van Loon

Michael Jan Vinck

Marc D Tierens

Tengku Mahamut

A multilayer blown film with improved strength or toughness comprising a layer comprising a metallocene polyethylene (mPE) having a high melt index ratio (MIR), a layer comprising an mPE having a low MIR, and a layer comprising a HDPE, and/or LDPE. Other embodiments have skin layers and a plurality of sublayers. At least one sublayer includes an mPE, and at least one additional sublayer includes HDPE and/or LDPE. The mPE has a density from about 0.910 to about 0.945 g/cm, MI from about 0.1 to about 15, and melt index ratio (MIR) from about 15 to 25 (low-MIR mPE) and/or from greater than 25 to about 80 (high-MIR mPE). A process is related to supplying respective melt streams for coextrusion at a multilayer die to form a blown film having the inner and outer skin layers and a plurality of sublayers, wherein the skin layers and at least one of the sublayers comprise mPE and at least one of the sublayers comprise HDPE, LDPE or both. Draw-down, blow-up ratios and freeze-line distance from the die are controlled to facilitate a high production rate.

Multilayer polyolefin blown film

A method of improving hot tack and/or seal strength in a multi-layer film by selecting a first PE comprising at least one of mPE, LDPE or LLDPE to form a first layer and selecting a blend comprising a mPE and a PP to form an outer layer; and coextruding the first PE and the blend to form the multi-layer film comprising the first layer and the outer layer; wherein the inner layer comprises at least one component having a final melting point at least about 15&#xb0; C. higher than a final melting point of at least one component of the first layer, wherein the multi-layer film has a maximum hot tack at least about 25% greater than a similar multi-layer film with-weight % of the PP in the inner layer.

Multi-layer films with improved properties

The invention concerns a polymer derived from ethylene and at least 5 wt % of acrylic acid neutralised by a divalent cation (D) and a monovalent cation (M) at a mol ratio D/(D+M) of from 0.3 to 0.8 with at least 23 mol % of the acrylic acid derived acid groups neutralised by the divalent cation so as to provide a melt index uplift of at least 250%.

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